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Originally Posted by pfezziwig
The Conservative government released its annual busget this Mar19th,2007 and made many commitments to fuel efficient cars.
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As long as the policies are good who cares what party is in charge, come on environmentalists, admit they're doing a good job and start backing these great measures.
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Well, to be fair, the conservatives killed a lot of environmentally important programs as soon as they got into office (Energuide etc...). It was only when the environment shot to the top of the polls that they got green. While I applaud the rebates, according to your report, the guzzler tax does not apply for another 4 years (I did not notice that loophole during the anouncement). So the carrot is small and the stick is, well, still on the drawing board. Much of the other initiatives they are proposing are re-hashed projects that were just getting off the ground and then axed when they arrived.
So while they have made some progress, until they agree to help the oil patch lower their emissions and even try to meet Kyoto, they don't look too green to me yet.
Cheers,
rcomeau